This year's Cairo International Book Fair prizes were announced on Tuesday at the closing ceremony of the fair’s cultural programme. The General Egyptian Book Organization (GEBO), the official sponsor of the awards, won four out of the ten awards.

The prizes were awarded to works published in 2012 in ten different fields: political books, novels, short stories, poetry, slang poetry, arts, science, human sciences, heritage, and children's books.

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